The Road to 160m+ for Nintendo Switch

[XtremeBG]

super_etecoon said:

If there ever is a conversation about the PS2 and the Switch being tied, the tie breaker will always be the MSRP. Switch has pulled off this feat without a single price cut. PS2 was getting price cuts the entire time it was active, and very deep price cuts at the end.

This is true. But in PS2 defense I would say that first, PS2 was in another time and if Switch was selling in that same period it would get pricecuts left and right too. Another thing is Switch already got something like price cut - the Lite model. Yes I know it's different cheaper model bla bla. I am talking that the effect on the sales has been big because of that. There are more than how much 25M I think was the latest number. At least 20M of those are just because of the cheaper price. If someone wants to play outside, They can easily pick the better expensive models. But the people who are on budget and can't afford the OLED or the OG, they pick the Lite. The casual gamers or the people who want to do a present for their child if they don't have a lot of money they can also get the Lite one since it's more budget friendly. And you can see in the sales too, since the Lite launched Switch upped it's baseline. Of course after that in 2020 and so on there were other factors as well, but the Lite helped the sales be higher than otherwise would be for sure. What does a price cut do ? It gives you the ability to pick something at reduces price that otherwise would not be possible. What did the Lite did back in 2019 ? It gave you the ability to pick the Switch and enjoy it at reduced price that otherwise would not be possible. Other thing to consider is the inflation. This is like second price cut. The big inflation we have in the recent years rose the price of pretty much everything. So Switch at 300$ in 2022, 2023, 2024 is feeling way cheaper than Switch at 300$ in 2018 or 2019. Same for the Lite models as well.

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